Chapter 10: The Disappearance
Chapter 10: The Disappearance
"Shut him up!" Richard roared, losing the last shreds of his composure. "He's a liar! A disgruntled extortionist!"
Julian violently stomped on a guard's foot, freeing his arm just enough to pull a silver flash drive from his pocket. He held it up like a beacon.
"My father refused to take your blood money!" Julian yelled, tears of grief and fury streaming down his battered face. "He told you he was going to the medical board. He told you he was going to expose you for canceling her surgery!"
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Clara watched as Julian’s eyes locked onto Richard’s. "And two days later, my father's car was found at the bottom of the bay. They called it a suicide. But I found his hidden backups. I found the emails. I have the audio recordings of you threatening his life!"
Gasps echoed through the opulent ballroom. The accusations had escalated from child abuse and massive corporate fraud to cold-blooded murder. Richard Sterling’s invincible empire was crumbling in real time, broadcast to the smartphones of fifty different socialites.
